Ketubah

Facing-page manuscript with Hebrew text and small geometric shape with rectangle and small concentric circles on left-hand page.

Tefilah mi-kol ha-shanah me-ha-ari (Prayer for the Whole Year According to the Ari)

Isaac Luria , known as “the holy ARI” (an acronym of his name, meaning “lion”), was one of the most significant figures in Jewish mysticism, famed for pioneering a new conception of theoretical…

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Mixed Marriage

Shortly before Paris was occupied, Maurice had me return to my native Morocco. My parents—my dear parents whom I loved so much and whom I never saw again—were, alas, dead. The other members of the…

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Mural of two figures looking at each other under hieroglyphs.

Fringes/tassels on Garments of "Asiatics"

Fringes/tassels on garments of “Asiatics.” In Egyptian art, tassels are a typical feature of the garb of Asiatics, the peoples of Canaan/Israel and Syria, as in this mural from the tomb of Pharaoh…

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